Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. functions as a holding company, concentrating on both conventional and cutting-edge life and health reinsurance offerings. Its operations are structured across five primary segments: the U.S. and Latin America, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and a distinct Corporate and Other division. The U.S. and Latin America segment is responsible for marketing individual and group life and health reinsurance to clients within its region, employing various agreement types such as yearly renewable term, coinsurance, and modified coinsurance. In Canada, the company's focus is on individual life reinsurance, supplemented by a lesser extent of creditor, group life and health, critical illness, and disability reinsurance, generally through yearly renewable term and coinsurance contracts. The EMEA segment provides individual and group life and health products, including critical illness coverage—which offers a benefit upon the diagnosis of a specified illness—and underwritten annuities, typically facilitated via yearly renewable term and coinsurance agreements. The Asia Pacific segment covers individual and group life and health reinsurance, critical illness coverage, disability, and superannuation, predominantly structured with yearly renewable term and coinsurance agreements. Finally, the Corporate and Other segment encompasses investment income from unallocated assets, investment-related gains and losses, and service fee revenues. Founded in 1973, the company's corporate headquarters are situated in Chesterfield, Missouri.